The most comprehensive guide to italic calligraphy! Italic Letters: Calligraphy & Handwriting by Inga Dubay and Barbara Getty is the most comprehensive "how-to"

Surveys the copybooks of sixteenth-century writing masters, provides biographical and historical information about them, and compares the style of each master.

An updated version of the classic Renaissance manuals, this handbook is geared toward modern practitioners. It features the best ideas from the early guides, co